Gliomas are the most common primary brain tumors in adults. Among them, the high-grade glioblastomas (GBMs) are particularly known to
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Why are only some cells ‘competent’ to form cancer? Scientists say context is key
Right now, in your body, lurk thousands of cells with DNA mistakes that could cause cancer. Yet only in rare
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What happens in brain cells affected by Alzheimer’s disease?
Affecting over 50 million people, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and primarily occurs in people over
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NK cells with bispecific antibody show activity against lymphoma cells
Cytokine-activated natural killer (NK) cells derived from donated umbilical cord blood, combined with an investigational bispecific antibody targeting CD16a and
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Researchers develop micro-fluidic probe to isolate cancer spreading cells
The survival rate of cancer patients can drop to ten percent or less during metastasis, the spread of cancerous cells
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Fatty liver hepatitis is caused by auto-aggressive immune cells
Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), often called ‘fatty liver hepatitis,’ can lead to serious liver damage and liver cancer. A team of
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New insights on how immune cells are recruited and reprogrammed to drive tumor development
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet show how a certain type of immune cells, macrophages, can be recruited into breast cancer tumors,
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Incredibly detailed video shows DNA twisting into weird shapes to squeeze into cells
Scientists recently captured a high-resolution video of DNA shimmying into weird shapes in order to squeeze inside cells. In 1952,
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Myeloid immune cells in the blood tied to severe COVID-19
Individual variations in how the immune system responds to SARS-CoV-2 appear to impact the severity of disease. Researchers at Karolinska
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Advancing the study of T cells to improve immunotherapy
UT Southwestern scientists have developed a new method to study the molecular characteristics of T cells, critical immune cells that
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